Written by SuzyQ “Mary Kay works when you do!” What a myth! If Mary Kay worked when many of us did, we wouldn’t be here, would we? We are not the lazy “loosers” those in the pink fog make us Read more…

Written by PinkPeace I was thinking about the subtle form of bullying that goes on in Mary Kay. You may be thinking that bullying is only for schoolchildren, and that adults outgrow it. Certainly it could never happen in a Read more…

Do you think it’s only the “bad” women who do bad things in Mary Kay? Those who frontload new recruits, dial for dollars at the end of the month (i.e. get people to order products they don’t need), talk only Read more…

Mary Kay’s director in qualification (DIQ) process is one of the worst things you can go through as a consultant. It involves scrambling for 1 to 4 months to get enough recruits who order enough products so you can “qualify” Read more…

This story was sent in by a woman who signed up for Mary Kay and then quit, all in the same week. It was a funny thing how it all happened, I mean “becoming” a Mary Kay Consultant. (I might Read more…

A “wanted” ad for women who seek unlimited income is sometimes presented with additional information about being a sales director. What they don’t tell you when focusing on directorship, is that being a Mary Kay Sales Director actually sucks and Read more…

A reader sent this to me to thank us for helping her avoid the Mary Kay scam. I love these emails! This, my friends, is the whole reason we exist. I want resources to be available to those who take Read more…

Written by SuzyQ I don’t think any of us have written about this experience so I will. As God is my witness, I thought it was 2016 but I don’t think that is accurate (Tracy: 2015, but close enough) and Read more…

A favorite pass time of many Mary Kay sales directors is bashing “Corporate America.” They refer to jobs as “J.O.B. – Journey of the Broke” and generally criticize the lack of flexibility surrounding traditional jobs.What they forget to mention is Read more…

I can’t help but feel sorry for this Mary Kay consultant. She is somewhere below Red Jacket level, but appears to really believe she’s going to be a national sales director in 5 years. She’s decided that she will have Read more…